Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“The isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.”
- Source
- The Tempest
- Date
- c. 1611
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Caliban
Meaning of “The isle is full of noises, sounds and…”
Caliban’s description complicates the way others see him by giving him one of the play’s most sensitive accounts of sound, place, and beauty.
Where does it come from?
The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 2; Caliban reassures Stephano and Trinculo about the mysterious music of the island.
Why the local voice matters
Caliban says this in The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 2, while describing the island’s mysterious sounds.
